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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$10,000 – $25,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
UBC recognizes the academic achievement of outstanding students from around the world by devoting more than $30 million annually to awards, scholarships, and other forms of financial support for international undergraduate students.
Benefits
The Outstanding International Student (OIS) Award is a one-time, merit-based entrance scholarship awarded to qualified students when they are offered admission to UBC. Students selected for this award show strength academically and display involvement outside of the classroom.
OIS awards will be valued at $10,000 – $25,000.
Eligibility
To be considered for the IMES, you must:
- Be new to UBC, entering directly from secondary school.
- Be an international student who will be studying at UBC on a Canadian study permit (student visa). (Changes to your citizenship status will affect your IMES eligibility.)
- Demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and intellectual promise, as well as impressive extracurricular and community involvement.
- Not be nominated for a need-and-merit-based International Scholars award.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Canada
Nationality
225 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
If you apply to UBC by the admissions deadline, you will automatically be considered for the International Major Entrance Scholarship and the Outstanding International Student Award.